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For many travelers, airports are places to pass through as swiftly as possible, not places to savor. The incessant drone of announcements, the frustration of being shut out of increasingly exclusive...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress, moved to kick Jacob Zuma out of the party Monday, punishing the former president for campaigning for a rival political...

I color my hair regularly, but I’ve heard that permanent hair dye can increase the risk of cancer. Should I be worried? Scientists have been looking into the association between hair dye and...

Cell phones can track what we say and write, where we go, what we buy, and what we search on the internet. But they still aren’t being used to track one of the biggest public health threats: crashes...

Boeing hoped 2024 would be the year it would significantly increase production of its popular Max jets. But less than a month into the year, the company is struggling to reassure airline customers...

Think of Uranus and Neptune, the solar system’s outermost planets, and you may picture two distinct hues: pale turquoise and cobalt blue. But astronomers say that the true colors of these distant...

Spend time on any crowded sidewalk and you’ll see heads bent over and eyes cast downward. One recent study of college students found that one-quarter of people crossing intersections were glued to a...

A Boeing 757 plane operated by Delta Air Lines lost a nose wheel as it prepared to take off from Atlanta’s main airport Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It was the latest...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration recommended late Sunday night that airlines begin visual inspections of door plugs installed on Boeing 737-900ER planes, the second Boeing model to...

Last Thanksgiving, Cynthia Mosson had been on her feet all day in her kitchen in Frankfort, Indiana, preparing dinner for nine. She was nearly finished — the ham in the oven, the dressing made —...

For centuries, Swiss farmers have sent their cattle, goats, and sheep up the mountains to graze in warmer months before bringing them back down at the start of autumn. Devised in the Middle Ages to...

Salmon is good for you — that part we know. “Fish is one of the few animal foods consistently linked to health benefits, and salmon is at the top of my list when I recommend fish to people,”...

What Came Before Tyrannosaurus Rex Researchers have announced the discovery of a new species of Tyrannosaurus from New Mexico, one that appeared in the fossil record 5 million to 7 million years...

Q: How much water does the average person need to drink? And is there such a thing as too much? A: If you’re not sipping from a 64-ounce Stanley Cup all day, are you even alive? Hydration is once...

Last year, after mandatory coronavirus restrictions were lifted around the world, international tourism recovered to 90% of pre-pandemic levels, according to the World Tourism Organization. But it...

PARIS — Airbus cemented its position last week as the world’s biggest plane maker for the fifth straight year, announcing that it had delivered more aircraft and secured more orders than Boeing in...

One plane clipped another at an airport on Japan’s snowy northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, according to the airlines involved, just weeks after a deadly runway blaze in Tokyo. Nobody was...

Dieting has long been viewed as the path to smaller bodies and better health. Stick to the right diet, the $75 billion U.S. weight loss industry may have you think, and you, too, can lose weight and...

The Quaker Oats Co. added more products this week to a recall that started last month over possible salmonella contamination, raising the total number of products to more than 60 in the United...

Since the height of the pandemic, there has been a cultural shift in the way we talk about mental health. It’s as if the years of isolation and uncertainty helped us understand how vital our...